You’re on a hot air balloon and it’s plummeting to the earth. You could avert disaster if you’d only throw two people off. But which two will you throw? That’s the premise behind balloon debate, a wonderful worksheet game I came across several years ago.

I also discuss it in my book English Rocks! 101 ESL Games, Activities, and Lesson Plans. Today I got a message on Facebook from someone named Rowan Munro who teaches ESL in Thailand. He sent me a message telling me that he tried out Balloon Debate and it went really well in his class. It’s a great game that’s very easy to adapt and change to many different purposes. For example, here’s a ESL debate handout I’d often use, much like you’ll see these kids using. Let’s get into this game a bit, as well as show some pictures of students having fun using it (please take pictures of your classes; I didn’t do it enough and regret it).

A Vote is Cast!

Here you can see one of the girls voting. I really like that the teacher here made a simple voting box.

Something like that might look a little silly, and your students will probably get a few laughs out of it, but it really adds a lot to the fun.

Believe me, they might be laughing and mocking it a bit, but that’s just because they wish they would have thought of it themselves.

You’ll also notice in this picture that many of the students around her are busily filling out their own cards. She looks like one of the smarter girls in the class, and I bet she often gets done before the others.

Who Will Live, Who Will Die?

Here we’ve got a picture, it looks like of everyone’s finished character card. Those cards look much better than mine! You can do lots of things here. If you go with the handout on the other website you can use different characters.

The one we had floating around EF (English First) had a teacher, a doctor, a nurse, a politician, a lawyer, and a priest among others.

Sometimes you can use characters they make up, or just have them be themselves. This is fun, but I’ve seen students get ganged up on.

Still, most of the time they’re laughing and having fun. It’s a really self-depreciating humor you see in this game.

Amazingly, the Girls Take It!

This final picture shows what looks like the end of the game. I can tell who didn’t live, can you? Look at that poor boy! He’s in a class full of girls. I’ve had many students like this, and I’ve had many classes with all boys and one girl.

Those students always get a bit of good-natured ribbing, but they’re also some of the more resilient students as well. Don’t worry pal, your day will come. Anyways, you can see this is a pretty exciting game for the students, and I bet you can get a good 10 minutes just explaining it.

In other words, this is perfect for longer holiday classes or for when you have nothing else and need to kill an hour.

Remember, having a folder with all the necessary printouts ready at all times is a real life saver.

This book is called Teaching English: 25 ESL PowerPoint Ideas That Get Students Talking. You can buy it right now on Amazon or Smashwords for $3.99 and it’ll be available on iTunes, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and many other retailers in another week. So what’s this book about? Well, anyone visiting this site has surely read about some of the wonderful ESL PPTs that are here, and this book talks about 25 of them. What’s more, there are links to 10 of the ESL PowerPoints, and you can get those for free right here on the site. Well, if I can get them for free, then why bother buying the book? It’s a good question, and I figure this way you have all of the information in one place and don’t have to look through the nearly 150 blog posts I have on this site. There are also many free ESL PowerPoints in the book that aren’t on this site, like the following one about your very first ESL lesson. That’s right, remember way back when you gave that lousy affair? I mean, if yours was anything like mine, it was rubbish! That’s why when I went to China my second year abroad I was prepared, and had a great introductory lesson.

aLL aBOUT yOU

When you first start teaching ESL you’re going to want to tell your students a bit about you. I did this my first year, and it was just awful. I didn’t even have a PPT, I did it with a crappy Word document!

By the time my second year rolled around I’d learned my lesson, and had a great introductory ESL PowerPoint prepared that told my students all about me, but a whole lot more as well. You can get this PPT free on my site, and I’ve even made a cool template for you so that you can stick your pictures in there and then just change the text around. That should save you a lot of time, which when you’re just starting out in your new country, you’ll want more of to do fun things, not worry about class. Let’s go through several of the Introductory Lesson’s slides and see how it can help you.

lAYING dOWN THE LAW

I had a tough time teaching my first year in China. This was partly because my students were young and partly because I had 50 of them in a class. But it was also partly due to my own inexperience and inability to be tough and firm. I didn’t make that mistake my second year, and the very first slide of this Introductory PPT lays down the rules.

You can see that there are 6 basic rules there, and I had the students read these out loud. In the next slide I went even further.

Here are 6 things I expected from my students. These were grade 7, 8 and 9 students so there were really no excuses for them messing around all the time. And they loved that last point when it came up. I had a lot more respect from them that year, and I can’t help but think it’s because I was upfront about what I expected, both from them and from myself.

INTRODUCING YOURSELF

After that you’re going to want to introduce yourself. The best way to do this is to talk with the students, but having some basic information for others to read is great. All students learn differently. Some learn by listening to you talk, others by reading, and still others by watching or doing. Few learn the same way so you have to give them options.

This slide is good because it presents basic info that you or they can read. My students really got a lot of laughs out of the height and weight measurements too.

You’re going to want to talk a bit about your family, and showing pictures is great. Most people in China are quite slim, so if you can get some ‘bigger’ pictures like that of my dad you’ll certainly have some things to talk about for a few minutes.

After that it’s good to talk about where you’re from. I give some basic information and then talk a bit. See, with your introductory lesson you’re probably going to be doing most of the talking. This isn’t a bad thing. Students are nervous, you’re nervous – it’s good to break the ice. And the more you can make them laugh with your words or pictures, the easier that’ll be.

sHOWING WHERE YOU'RE FROM

In this PPT I have about 5 or 6 pictures of my home state and I suggest you do the same with wherever you’re from.

I like to do full-pictures on most slides, but these half-shots are great because you can add some easy text in there. There are lots of options, and the more pictures you do the more time you’ll kill. Your students will start to get bored, however, if you do too many.

HIGHLIGHTING YOUR EXPERIENCE

If you have previous teaching experience I’d highlight it. I did this PPT my second year teaching ESL so I had quite a few pictures to show my new students of my old students.

If you have pictures of friends back home or jobs you did, these are also good things to put in. And remember, the sillier, or perhaps more embarrassing, the better. Here’s a real doozy from English Week my first year:

sHARING YOUR INTERESTS

Your students will be interested in what you like to do, so you’re going to want to include quite a few slides about that. If you’ve travelled a bit you’ll also want to include information about that. What’s so great about this Introductory Lesson is that you’ll get a ton of ideas for your later lessons. See, when you get a good reaction from some of your pictures or some of the things you say, make a mental note of that. Obviously your students are interested when that happens, and that’s the first step in making a good ESL Lesson. I can’t tell you how many times I had bad days because I made lessons on things that I thought were cool but bored them.

The more pictures you show the better. I won’t bore you with all of mine here, but you can see what I did if you check out this PPT on my website. I did this lesson only one year, my last year in public schools, and it worked well. I got a full week out of it, then did it a bunch the next week with classes I hadn’t had yet. I had it prepared before I even got back to China, so I had lots of time to explore my new area. I urge you to make your own Introductory Lesson like this one, as your students will love learning about you and it’ll give them an idea of what the PowerPoints in your class are going to be like all year long. So what are you waiting for? Buy Teaching English today for 24 more awesome ESL PowerPoints!

These PPTs of course work great if you have a big monitor in the room like this one.

My ESL students loved playing PowerPoint Jeopardy. I did it for 5 years, going from simple games to more complex versions. All of these games used an easy Jeopardy PowerPoint Template that you can get online for free. After that you just have to plug your info into 6 different categories.

Today we’ll run through one of the last ESL Jeopardy games I made when I was teaching ESL in China.This game was for a class of low-level students aged 11 to 13. For many teachers not in China this would be a level you’d find with younger students.

The game was made for students using EF (English First) training center books. That’s why you’ll see that middle category with a picture of some characters – this is the EF story for teens. Here are the 6 categories I have for this game:

Pictures;

Grammar;

TB (EF Trailblazers Story);

Vocabulary;

Spelling;

World Cities.

This is the standard format I follow with most of my games, except that I usually switch out that last category to something a little different each time. I can keep all those categories the same because this is a template – all I need to do is plug in the appropriate words from the students’ book that week. I also only use one screen, the one you see above. What that means is I don’t go up to the $1,000 questions. I used to make games that long but found these 30 clues were more than enough for one class, especially when we only play for 20 minutes. Here are what a few slides look like in the ESL Jeopardy categories.

ESL Jeopardy Pictures Category

Pictures are one of the best ways to get younger and lower-level students talking. Nearly every game will have pictures like this.

This parrot is a pretty easy one, and is a $300 clue. It was a word my students had been studying as we did an animal unit earlier.

Here’s the $400 clue, which most students get wrong. They’ll usually say desert, which I guess could be correct, but we mentioned something with Mars a week or so earlier. I like to throw fun things in there that make the students groan when they see the answer. It makes it fun for everyone, but especially you. And when you do the same game 5 times you have to be entertained.

ESL Jeopardy Grammar Category

Grammar is a great category, one most students can’t pronounce, and therefore stay away from for most of the game. When they do choose it, however, they find these are some of the easiest questions.

This is the $100 clue and you can see it’s quite easy. I always leave the answer slide blank as the answer could really be anything. Below is what the $500 clue looks like, which for this level is a little more difficult. I would expect an answer like: “I have a book. I have an elephant.”

Sometimes with this, and with most questions, I’ll let the team give the answer or talk about it so that one person can give it. Usually the class will be divided into two halves. Sometimes if one team doesn’t know I’ll give it over to the other. I never take away points for wrong answers.

ESL Jeopardy TB Story Category

I like to put things into the game that students can find in their book. Most ESL books will have some kind of story throughout the chapters. This could be similar characters or places or even a theme. Use this to make your games more fun and force students to recall old things.

Here are two slides from this category to give you an idea of what you can do with your ESL student book. That’s a picture I got from the book and most students don’t remember this short passage about a pen-pal. Some of them might remember seeing the picture, however, so they’ll start to flip through. These clues are fun to put a time limit on, allowing the other team to guess if the current team can’t find the answer. Always put the page number there in case they don’t find it, and they know you’re not lying.

ESL Jeopardy Vocabulary Category

Vocabulary words are a must for your ESL Jeopardy games. Typically you’ll have a large list of words in the back of the student book. Simply go through and find what works and what doesn’t.

This is another question where I’ll leave the answer slide blank. Here I just want the student to give me a few household items they know, preferably in a sentence. In fact, if they give you a sentence without being asked you might want to give them an extra $100.

It’s always a good idea to put a picture onto your answer slide when you’re doing vocabulary. You want these kids to learn this stuff, and an image only cements those English words into their head more.

This last one is really something that might fit better into the grammar category. I like it because it forces students to say a lot. Here’s a typical answer I’ll accept: “I always brush my teeth. I usually watch TV. I sometimes go to Hong Kong. I hardly ever eat pizza. I never go to the girl’s WC.”

ESL Jeopardy Spelling Category

Honestly, this is probably one of the worst categories in the game, and let me tell you why. You have to write out these words before class. If you forget to do it you’re screwed. I’ve tried shutting the large computer monitor off and then scrolling down to see the answers, but it usually doesn’t work – the students see. I also make so many of these games and have them for set classes that I forget the answers. If you don’t remember to write down the words you choose, have a book handy or just give out a tough word off the top of your head. This is also a good category to let the other team have a go at it if one team misses the answer.

ESL Jeopardy World Cities Category

This is another fun picture category that students always love. I start out real easy and always try to have a $500 clue that no one will get.

The London clue is $200 or $300, pretty easy. Students like it a lot and the other team gets angry when it’s something easy. Of course they’re never like that when it’s their turn!

This last one is the $500 clue and hardly anyone in my classes knew it. Act fast because all your students will know Rio come the 2016 Summer Olympics.

I’m Giving These Away for Free…If

Well, you can see that this game is pretty long and pretty fun for students. I’d usually do this at the end of the class, starting when I had about 30 to 40 minutes left. Students liked it, but if I did it too much they got tired of it. Like most ESL activities you need to do keep it fresh, and that requires some planning before.I can’t sell these games. Well, maybe I could, but I don’t know. First, I’m using this template that I got somewhere else. Second, I can’t sell something with EF pictures in it. Finally, some of those pictures in other categories might be questionable as well. So that all means that I’ve got to give these PPTs away for free! That’s right, you can have this one for free, and if there’s enough interest I’ll put more on the site. But that means you have to comment on this post if you’re interested. Just say something like where you’re teaching and how good or bad your classes are. If enough people do that (10+) I’ll put this game and more out for free – I have about 25 to 30 of them! Until then, happy teaching!

December is drawing near, and if your December as an ESL teacher is anything like mine were then you’ll have a busy month! To make it a little easier for you I’m offering a special deal. The first 20 people that email me will get a free copy of my ESL PowerPoint game Deserted Island. There’s both a low-level and a higher-level game so let me know which you want.

Here’s the catch – all I want you to do is email me back and tell me how the game worked in just a paragraph or less. I’d then like to put your comments on a page for other ESL teachers to see. If you don’t like that idea, then please don’t request a copy of the game. I also figure there’ll be a few people that get the game and that I never hear back from. Well, that happens. My main goal is to show teachers on the fence that this is a good game, and to make a little cash myself. Hey, I’m not a saint! Deserted Island only costs $0.99 so it’s not like you’re winning the lottery here. But you will have a pretty fun ESL class at a time of your choosing, and that’s worth a lot. Alright, 20 people, let’s see how long it takes!

I just don’t understand why a lot of people aren’t downloading this awesome ESL PowerPoint – Where in the World. This is a fun ESL PowerPoint game, and it’s free! That’s right, a few months ago I put the first 2 ESL games for free. A couple days ago I was looking at my site analytics report and I saw that hardly anyone’s looked at this game. Then I realized that I hadn’t really talked it up that much since making it free. Well, here goes.

Free ESL PowerPoint Game

This fun and easy ESL game only has 28 slides, for a total of 14 pictures. Students need to name the city, country, or continent that the picture shows to get points. The catch is, I always take the very first word out of the students’ mouth. So if there’s a great picture of Beijing, and they know it’s Beijing, but they get excited and yell out China, well, that’s going to be less points.

How Does it Work?

I always show a copy of my world map, which is saved right in My Documents so that it’s easy to pull up. I tell them that the world has seven continents, and ask them to name a few. They’re pretty good. I then ask how many countries there are. A lot of students will come close. There are about 206 to 207, depending on the world situation at the time. After that I ask how many cities, and I get a groan. I don’t know, millions.

Points are Simple:

Continent = 1 point

Country = 2 points

City = 3 points.

If one team doesn’t know, I give the other team a chance. If one team gets the continent or country, I give the other team a chance to get the next answer.

I really hope that you check out the free game I offer in this exciting series. If you like it you can buy more, or make your own,. It’s pretty easy, and it will help you get through those last frustrating 20 minutes of class. So what are you waiting for? Download this free ESL game today!

And don’t forget you can buy more for just$0.99if your students love it – and they will!

I had Desert Escape listed as free but now charge $2.99 for it. Hey, it’s got 110 slides!

Currently each game gets several hundred downloads each month, which I think is pretty impressive since ESL is such a niche market. When I used to have Desert Island Adventure for free it was getting close to 500 downloads a month, or at least that many people visiting the page. When I began charging $0.99 for it, the visits to that page dropped dramatically. And I can’t blame you. When I was an ESL teacher I didn’t pay for anything online. Why would I? I could always come up with great ideas on my own. Not all teachers can do that, however, and that’s why I’ve got these free ESL games listed on this site. You’ll still be able to get lots of great free ESL files, free ESL PowerPoints, and other goodies, but just not those games. So download them while you can over this next week, and tell your friends to get them as well!

It’s the start of another September, and that means kids around the world are heading back to school. If you’re reading this then there’s a good chance you’re teaching some of those kids as an ESL teacher. No matter where you are in the world or what language your students speak regularly, you’ll find that teaching ESL can be quite challenging. When I was an ESL teacher, a job I had for 5 years, I always felt that training was never that good. When I first started I didn’t know what to do, and I felt that what I’d been told to do didn’t work too well. That’s why I made this site, to give you an idea of what you can do in class right now, today. Here are a few easy things to get started:

Student Interviews: Type up about 10 to 20 pieces of paper with things on them. These can be dog, cat, milk, hotdog, TV, teacher, basketball player…whatever. Put your students into pairs and give each pair a piece of paper. They have to decide which student is that thing, and the other has to interview them. Try 5 easy questions to get started. What do you like? Where do you live? What did you do this morning? What do you like to eat? How old are you?

Catch Mistakes: A really simple game or activity you can do right on your first day of class involves the students’ books. Divide the class into teams, maybe 2 to 4. Students will have to select one person from their team, and you will give them a sentence to read from the book. If they read it, they get one point. If another group catches them make a mistake, however (either with pronunciation, grammar, or a missed word) that team will get one point. Students can only read once, so the best person in each group can’t keep going.

Timed Rows: This game is pretty good if you’re teaching ESL in public schools. Students will usually have their desks in long rows, and there’ll be about 5 to 6 of these rows. Either go up or down the row and have a student say a vocabulary word from their book or a list you’ve prepared. The person next to or behind them will then have to say the next word, or even the same word. You’ll time them with a stopwatch to see how long it takes for all the students to say a word. The row that goes the fastest wins.

Hopefully some of those ideas will help you get through your first week or two of teaching ESL. I spent my first week teaching ESL in China, and let me tell you, it was tough. Check out the other great ESL articles on this site, and make sure you take a look at the free files on the English Rocks page. There’re a lot of free ESL resources on this site, so please take advantage of them! And don’t be afraid to comment on any of these posts. There are thousands of ESL teachers just like you visiting this site each month, if more people share what works and what doesn’t, everyone’ll benefit!

I’ve decided to put up another one of my ESL adventure games up onto the site. This game is called ESL Pirate Adventure.

The story goes like this: A group of pirates, the ESL Students, have had their pirate ship stolen by a young group of kids. Now they’re sitting in a small row boat in the middle of the ocean. They need to get their ship back, and will have to decide what to do. This ESL PowerPoint game is very similar to Desert Escape. Your ESL students will have to talk in their small groups and decide what they want to do. The game starts with a large map, and students can move about it. Sometimes you’ll run into another boat. You can talk with these people, run away, or fight them. If you with the fight you can take their boat. Now you’ve got a larger ship and it’ll be easier to find those kids. After that you can decide if you want to bury your pirate treasure or go after the kids that stole your pirate ship.

ESL Adventure Game Options

If you go after the kids you’ll have to go to their town and walk around. This is when the game borrows heavily from another game I made, Gaian Adventure, and which I hope to put out soon. (It’s still made for EF (English First China) so I have to change some things). If you decide to bury your treasure you’ll have plenty of places to do it in. You’ll have to find a deserted island and then choose what you think is the best spot. Be careful; you don’t want anyone to find it!

ESL PowerPoint Game Materials

I give you quite a few ESL handouts and other ESL worksheets with this game. They include:

Character Cards: Each of your ESL students will get to be a pirate with this game. There are 11 different pirate character sheets. Print these out, pass them out, and let individual students or small groups of students come up with a pirate. They’ll have to have a name, appearance, and back story.

Pirate Items: Pirates have lots of cool stuff, like weapons. You’ll get a handout that has several cool items. Print these out and pass them out to students as they find them, or when you really feel they need them. Remember, it’s better to cheat a little than have the game end too early.

Ocean Map: Your students will be real happy when you give them this ocean map. There are several slides that students can go to in this ESL PowerPoint game, and they’ll probably get lost. When you’re ready to move on pass out the map.

Character Dialogues: I wanted to get these character dialogues loaded up as sound files, but I never got around to it. Instead I just have text for a few characters you’ll run into during the game. Simply read out the words and your students will have a good listening exercise.

This game was never really completed as I would’ve liked. That’s why I upgraded it and now offer it for$1.99!

I’ve decided to put a new ESL adventure game up on the site for $1.99. This game is called Desert Escape, and like its name implies, you’ll be trying to escape from a desert. To download the game, click the Buy Now button below.

I came up with this game when I was teaching English in China with EF. They had a chapter in one book about deserts, so I thought this would be a fun game to make. I was also heavily influenced by the old Sierra computer game, King’s Quest V. This game came out back in 1990 and the map you’ll use for Desert Escape is a very similar to that game.

How This ESL Game Works

You’ll have to go through this ESL PowerPoint yourself long before you go to class. It’s a big game, 104 slides, and there are lots and lots of hyperlinks. Navigating through the game can be difficult, that’s why you’ve got to do it before class.

Map: There is a map included with the game. I’ve got both a .jpeg and a Word document so you can print it out or put it up on the screen. You’ll need this map to see where the students choose to go. The rule of thumb is that if the students go 5 screens, or squares on the map, without finding water, they die. When they find the desert nomad you can give them the map.

Temple: In this game there is an ancient temple. Students might be able to wander up around the cliffs and find it, but they won’t be able to get in. You see, the temple door is locked and they need to get a key. To do that, they’ll probably have to wander around some more, or find the map. The game will ultimately end inside the temple.

Bandit Camp: At the far corner of the map is a bandit camp. These bandits have the key to the temple, but the students need to think of a clever and creative way to get it. There are also 5 smaller tents that students can look in to find useful things. You’ll also have a chance to fight some bandits, which you’ll do with dice.

Oases: There are several squares on the map marked as Oasis. These will allow the students to get a drink and continue on. When they reach one of these they start walking fresh, meaning you start over at zero squares moved.

Aliens: When I made this game originally I had aliens in it. It was part of the book I was using and it’s a big part of the story. I’ve taken most of the stuff out, but you have to realize there are some aliens looking to get in that temple. They’re walking around the desert, so when you and the students get bored, go to the aliens screen. Here you can fight, which is pretty much just rolling dice. My students always liked it and I know yours will too.

This ESL adventure game gives you many choices at the bandit camp.

Petra, in southern Jordan, serves at the final act of the game.

Your ESL students will quickly find out that an oasis is their best friend.

You’re going to need a few extra things to run this game properly, and that will take a little preparation work on your part.

Map: You’ll need to print out a few copies of the map. I’d make this on heavier construction paper or card stock if you’ve got it. When I printed them like that I crumpled the maps up in my hands so that they look used. If you have a map that is all wrinkled and torn it really makes it look authentic and your students will get a kick out of it when you finally pass it out to them. Make a few copies for however many groups you’ll have.

Your students will get this map once they find the desert nomad.

Extra Materials Included

Audio: This game has some audio files, which you’ll see when you go to those slides. I’ve never embedded the audio, which means if you want to listen to it within the game you’ll need to delete the current audio file icon, got to insert and click on movies and sound. Then insert a new audio file. You’ll be able to search and find the file. When a message box comes up, type in ‘play on click.’ After that you’ll have to redo the custom animations so those audio icons show up last. It’s a pain, so you might just want to minimize the game and play from the folder.

Dialogues: Also included are the actual transcripts of the dialogues. If you don’t want to fiddle around with the audio files you can simply print out these character dialogues and read them at the appropriate time. It’ll be easier for many teachers and you can change them around a bit. One note, Khan is the name of the alien’s leader, or was when I first made this game. You can change it if you want.

Teacher Notes: There’s a detailed set of teacher notes that I wrote up for this game when I was doing workshops and telling other teachers about it. I’ll include those as well, and they’ll really get into the details on which slides take you where, how to find the nomad, and what happens when the kids die. It will answer most questions and should help a lot.

Well, I hope you like Desert Escape. My students really loved it when I broke it out and many other teachers gave it a try. It’s a huge game so it’ll take you 45 to 60 minutes. You might even want to break it up over 2 classes. Let me know if you like it and if there’s anyway to make it better. If you want to get even more time out of deserts, check out this FREE Deserts of the World ESL PowerPoint.

When you’ve got a class full of ESL students you need to keep them interested. You can try to use the book and you can even try to bring some cool worksheets to class. Both of these will only get you so far, and you might hear more grumbles than shouts of joy. That’s why it’s important to break your ESL class up into smaller blocks. Use the book for 15 minutes or so and give them a worksheet for another 10. And when you get done with all that boring stuff, break out the games. One great ESL PowerPoint game that I came up with some time ago is called Say It First. It’s a guessing game that has 2 teams and all of my classes have really liked it. They’ve like it so much, in fact, that I really need to make more. Right now I’ve got two of the games, and you can download the first free ESL PowerPoint game here. So How Does It Work? The game is simple and only has a few rules. Let’s run through them:

You’ll have to divide your ESL class into 2 teams;

Load up the PPT and tell students they have to guess a word based on the first letter;

For each word they guess, their team gets 1 point;

The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

So, in this game you’ll get different slides like this, each of which will change with the click of the mouse:

This one asks you to name a color starting with ‘S’ and students can shout out anything they can think of. When someone has gotten it or when they give up, show them the answer. Here’s another one that asks for an animal starting with the letter ‘L.’ There are many possible answers for this one, not just the sample answer of ‘leopard.’

Many of the slides in the ESL PowerPoint will have one sample answer. However, there are often many possible answers that you can give. Some of the slides are a bit difficult, but if you download the game you should be able to use the template to make up your own games. The free ESL PowerPoint download that I offer is 27 slides. This will take you a good 20 to 30 minutes of class, and most of your students will be sitting on the edge of their seats. Give Say It First a try in your ESL classroom today and see how much fun you’ll have!